Old Boys Quadrangular Cricket Semis Aug 23 and 24

OLD BOYS TOURNEYS: The annual Old Boys Quadrangular Cricket/Basketball Tournament conducted by the Old Boys of the catholic schools - St. Benedict's, St. Joseph's, St. Anthony's Katugastota and St. Peter's will be hosted this year in Kandy, by the Antonians on August 23 and 24.The main quadrangular semi-finals will take place on August 22nd when the Old Antonians take on the Old Peterites at Katugastota and the Old Bens meet the Old Joes at the Peradeniya Campus Grounds. Both matches are 50-overs per side and are scheduled to start at 10 am.

In the veterans over 40 semi-finals (25 overs), the Old Antonians will meet Old Peterites on the Police Grounds at Asgiriya 9.30 a.m. while the Old Bens will confront the Old Joes at 2.00 p.m. at the same venue. The semi-finals of the basketball tournament will take place on the first day (22nd August) and the finals (cricket & basketball) will be played on Sunday 23rd at Katugastota.

Ranjith Samarsekera, the former Colts CC captain and a distinguished Old Antonian, who presided over a press briefing held at the Old Bens Sports Club pavilion in connection with the tournament, said that the quadrangular tournament was the brain-child of the Old Bens initiated for the OBU's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Variuos schools were invited to play in a tournament. However, only three catholic schools responded positively to the invitation. Hence, St. Anthony's College which is 155 years old, followed by St. Benedict's, St. Joseph's and St. Peter's took part from the initial year in 1963.

Teams for main Quadrangular Cricket Tournament:

OLD BENS: Suranga Illangange (Captain), Raily Tissera, Pradeep Dassanayake, Rajive Amal, Bernard Karunaratne, Kasun Perera, Lahiru Jayampathy, Prabath Maldunuarachchi, Chanaka Wijesinghe, S.K. Perera, Dunstan Wallace, Loresh de Silva, Patrick Anandappa, Dinesh Widanarachchi, Namal Weerasinghe, Tharindu Heshan, Torrel Hopwood, Prashan Boteju, Asanga Fonseka, Mahesh Perera.

ST. ANTHONY'S KATUGASTOTA: Nuwan Ratnayake, Prasad Ranawaka, Indika Fernando, Champika Siriwardena, Dilshan Vitharana, Selvin Jemion, Gimhan Dissanayake, Daminda Kolugala, Peter Samarakoon, Harshana Medagoda, Hirosh Jayasekera, C. Wijewardena, M. Patrick, D. Basnayake, Chinthaka Girihagama, Shameer Munaz, Chamila Samarajeeva, M. Pawaz, Mahesh Palihakkara.

ST. PETER'S: Malinda Warnapura (Captain), Samindha Gallage, Malin Silva, Gihan de Silva, Chrishantha Pieris, Sheahan Wijetunga, Lahiru Pieris, Indunil Anthony, Rukshan Dias, Dasun Randika, Niranjan Dabare, Sohan Boralessa, Denver Faux, Hans Fernando, Umar Samsudeen, Riaz Farouk, Dinesh Kekulthota, Krishal Magage.

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